Hunting halves just became a lot more fun !

[Argentium]

Hunting halves just became a lot more fun !

Within the last couple of weeks somebody mentioned in a post ,the idea of weighing rolls
of halves as a predictor of silver (or lack thereof) prior to opening . I have an Ohaus triple
beam gram scale , so I thought i'd try this . Here are my observations after 3K in machine,
rolled halves ( NF String and Son , yellow wrappers ) The average skunk rolls weighed in at
225 grams , I noticed that a roll could include a single 40% without a noticible difference
in weight . Not once did a roll weighing less than 225 grams , yield silver. The one time the
scale weighed dramatically heavier , the roll contained a 90% (64). While many skunk rolls
weighed slightly heavier than average , a roll will not be able to contain either one 90% or
two 40%, without a dramatic weight indication. Weighing the rolls prior to opening them ,
has made CRH-ing vastly more entertaining for me , and I recommend it to all. Argentium.

 

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[GMan00001]

Re: Hunting halves just became a lot more fun !

While many skunk rolls weighed slightly heavier than average , a roll will not be able to contain either one 90% or two 40%, without a dramatic weight indication.

Although I do believe this to be true if the roll is correctly counted with coins that haven't seen much wear,

But what will a roll weight, if it includes a truly worn down 90% coin? (almost slick barber for example?)

How about if all coins are worn down (casino halves perhaps) except for one 90%?

What if there is light foreign coin in the roll along with one or more silver coins?

What if the roll was missing a coin, and had 8 - 90% and 11 clad in it....theoretically it would weight 224.74 grams, your weight test would miss that roll...Oops!

And probably a number of other scenarios...those are just a few problems with using that method off the top of my head.


I still think no matter what the weight, the only way to really know if there is a silver coin in the roll is to open it.

 

[Coins4Cheese]

Re: Hunting halves just became a lot more fun !

Even if you were to figure out a way to find out if a roll had any keepers or not, where's the fun of CRH? By weighing rolls, you will miss NIFC's, proofs, and errors.

 

[GMan00001]

Re: Hunting halves just became a lot more fun !

Even if you were to figure out a way to find out if a roll had any keepers or not, where's the fun of CRH? By weighing rolls, you will miss NIFC's, proofs, and errors.

Many people that CRH are not numismatists, but instead are silver hoarders and don't really care about that.

 

[Argentium]

Re: Hunting halves just became a lot more fun !

G-man , I should perhaps have emphasized that the rolls are weighed "prior to opening",
therefore , all of your scenarios (great observations ) will in no way impact me negatively .
I find that the benefit of weighing the rolls is entirely for the entertainment value . To
those of you who mentioned error coins or "N.I.F.C." I couldn't be less interested , I'm
a silver hunter , to those who would respond with "yeah but errors and N.I.F.C. are where
the money's at let me say that I'm leaving all of them for you , because I'm generous to
to a fault . Argentium.

 

[GMan00001]

Re: Hunting halves just became a lot more fun !

G-man , I should perhaps have emphasized that the rolls are weighed "prior to opening",
therefore , all of your scenarios (great observations ) will in no way impact me negatively .
I find that the benefit of weighing the rolls is entirely for the entertainment value . To
those of you who mentioned error coins or "N.I.F.C." I couldn't be less interested , I'm
a silver hunter , to those who would respond with "yeah but errors and N.I.F.C. are where
the money's at let me say that I'm leaving all of them for you , because I'm generous to
to a fault . Argentium.

I figured you were probably opening the rolls anyway. I was just pointing out some potential flaws in your argument about not being able to have a silver coin without a significant weight change. Nothing more.

 

[DigginThePast]

Re: Hunting halves just became a lot more fun !

"Hunting halves just became a lot more fun !"

Yeah, you get to meet some new friends that wear dark suits and sunglasses. 8)

 

[dkTreasure]

Re: Hunting halves just became a lot more fun !

After obtaining several boxes in a row with rolls that had overs/shorts I started weighing rolls before opening any from a box to determine if the box was over or short. In doing this, I also noticed that the rolls which weighed over 225 had greatly increased chances of silver. Any roll 227 grams or more always had at least 2 40% or 1 90%. It led me to opening the best rolls first and being left with a bunch of skunk rolls for the remainder of the box...but it is sure exciting when a roll weights in a 227+ grams!

 

[Argentium]

Re: Hunting halves just became a lot more fun !

dk , It is exciting getting that noticibly heavy response from the scale , but I do just the reverse,
of what you do - I open all the rolls that weigh within the norms (just over/under 225 grms.)
and open any heavy rolls last . I am for sure noticing that one 40% in a roll - doesn't always
indicate heavy on the scale -- so there obviously is a bit of variance in the clad coins .
Argentium.